Weir’s place in the Dead was never again in doubt. When the group disbanded after Garcia’s death in 1995, Weir continued to ...

Nicholas G. Meriwether is executive director of the Grateful Dead Studies Association. This article originally published at A ...

In the middle of 1968, the band was transitioning from its early folk-blues roots into a more experimental psychedelic ...

Bob Weir, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, died Saturday at the age of 78. The legendary guitarist ...

Bob Weir and fellow bandmate, Ron ’Pigpen’ McKernan, were briefly kicked out of the Grateful Dead in 1968 by Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh for reportedly not evolving with the band.

For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the 1995 death of Jerry Garcia, Weir helped build and sustain the band's legacy.

The pioneering jam band's co-founder died Saturday, "peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer ...

San Francisco rock legend Bob Weir, who delighted millions of listeners with the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, has died.

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead pioneer, the group’s rhythm guitarist, and an inimitable songwriter known for his gaucho kinship with the late John Perry Barlow—a ...

Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and the rock band's guitarist and vocalist, has died at the age of 78.